Famous Hockey Goals
Who is the oldest player to score a goal in the Stanley Cup playoffs?
1 Gordie Howe
2 Mark Recchi
Who is
1 Gordie Howe
Gordie Howe, was 52 when he scored the last of his 68 playoff goals for the Hartford Whalers on April 9, 1980.
The first homerun in Blue Jays history was hit in the snow against the White Sox in April of 1977.
Who hit that famous homerun?
1 Doug Ault
2 Otto Valez
Who is
1 Doug Ault
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Joe Namath brought an entire league (AFL) into respectability in 1969 when he predicted and then orchestrated a victory for his Jets in the Superbowl against which team?
1 Baltimore Colts
2 Green Bay Packers
Who are the...
1 Baltimore Colts
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The modern Olympics began in 1896.
What was the first country to host the event?
1 Greece
2 United Kingdom
Where is...
1 Greece
The most expensive sports contract ever sold went for $996,000. What was the contract?
1 Babe Ruth first contract with the NY Yankees in 1919.
2 The last contract Muhammad Ali signed as his original name (Cassius Clay) in 1964
What is...
1 Babe Ruth's contract
Who was the first NHL goalie to score a legitimate goal in an actual game?
1 Ron Hextall
2 Billy Smith
Who is
1 Ron Hextall
Billy Smith was credited with a goal on an own goal as he was the last opposing player to touch the puck but Hextall was the first to shoot into a net.
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He was initially held out of the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup with injuries to both legs, but after being called upon to pinch hit in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs, he hit a two-run, walk-off home run against Oakland Athletics pitcher Dennis Eckersley. The home run won the game for the Dodgers by a score of 5–4.
Who was he?
1 Kirk Gibson
2 Steve Sax
Who is?
1 Kirk Gibson
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David Tyree 'helmet' catch in Super Bowl XLII is often cited as the greatest catch in Super Bowl history.
Who did Tyree play for?
1 New York Giants
2 New England Patriots
Who are...
1 New York Giants
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This Olympics is famous as being the only Olympic games where the host country did not win a gold medal.
1 1948 London
2 1976 Montreal
What was...
2 1976 Montreal
The most expensive baseball ever sold in auction was...
1 Mark McGwire's 70th HR ball
2 The ball that Lou Gehrig hit for his last hit in baseball
What is...
1 Mark McGwire's 70th HR ball
Some sap spent 3M on this ball (before the steroid scandal and before Bonds broke the record with 73!)
On March 23rd 1952 Bill Mosienko set an almost unbreakable record by scoring 3 goals in how long?
1 21 seconds
2 31 seconds
3 41 seconds
What is
1 21 seconds
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He hit a dramatic game-winning home run off the left field foul pole at Fenway Park in the 12th inning of Game 6 of the 1975 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. The at-bat is still showed on highlight reels of the best moments in baseball.
Who is he?
1 Jimmy Rice 2 Carlton Fisk 3 Fred Lynn
Who is...
Carlton Fisk
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The very first Super Bowl took place in 1967 and pitted the NFL champ Packers against the champions of AFL. What team was this?
1 Kansas City Chiefs
2 Oakland Raiders
3 NY Jets
Who are the...
1 Kansas City Chiefs
The Packers beat the Chiefs 35-10 in a half filled stadium in LA.
What are Olympic 'gold' medals made of primarily?
1 Gold
2 Silver
3 Nickel
What is...
2 Silver
The last Olympic medal that was actually solid gold was awarded in 1912. Today, "gold" medals are 92.5% silver.
The most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold in auction went for 4.415M
What was it?
1 Honus Wagner 1909 Baseball Card
2 Muhammad Ali 1965 Floyd Patterson Fight Gloves
3 Babe Ruth 1920 Jersey
What is...
3 Babe Ruth 1920 Jersey
The youngest person to ever score a goal in the NHL was a player named Bep Guidolin who played for the Boston Bruins. How old was he when he scored his first goal in 1942?
1 14 2 15 3 16 4 17
What is...
3 16
Bep was 16 years and 350 days old when he scored his first NHL goal. He went on to have a ten year career in the league.
Who holds the record for most stolen bases in a season?
1 Ty Cobb 2 Lou Brock
3 Ricky Henderson 4 Ozzie Smith
Who is...
3 Ricky Henderson
Ricky stole 130 bases as a 23 year old in the 1982 season.
Which of these teams have NOT won at least 5 superbowls.
1 Dallas Cowboys 2 New York Giants
3 San Francisco 49ers 4 Pittsburgh Steelers
Who are...
2 New York Giants
The Giants have only won 4 titles
Which animal was used in the 1900 Olympics?
1 Camel
2 Bear
3 Pigeon
4 Elephant
What are...
3 Pigeon
While competitors typically shot at disc-shaped targets called clay pigeons, the 1900 Games in Paris featured livelier targets--real pigeons.
The most expensive sports memorabilia in hockey sold for 1.25 million dollars. It is...
1 Jacque Plant's first goalie mask ever
2 Paul Henderson's jersey from 1972 Canada Cup
3 Wayne Gretzky's stick that broke the all time goal scoring record.
4 The original Stanley Cup from 1893
What is...
2 Paul Henderson's jersey from 1972 Canada Cup
Who has scored the most game winning goals in their NHL career
1 Gordie Howe 2 Wayne Gretzky 3 Brett Hull
4 Jaromir Jagr 5 Alex Ovechkin
Who is...
4 Jaromir Jagr
Jagr finished his career with 135 GWG.
Ovechkin is the active leader with 110 GWG.
Who holds the record for longest verifiable homerun in organized baseball?
1 Babe Ruth 2 Micky Mantle 3 Jose Conseco
4 Joey Meyer 5 Josh Gibson
Who is...
4 Joey Meyer
Meyer holds the record for the longest home run in professional baseball history at 582 feet, which he hit June 3, 1987 at Denver's Mile High Stadium.
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Who has the most rushing attempts in one Superbowl game
1 Emmitt Smith 2 Franco Harris 3 Marcus Allen
4 John Riggins 5 Thurman Thomas
Who is...
4 John Riggins
Riggins set the record in 1982 with 38 carries.
How old was the oldest Olympic medal winner?
1: 41yr 2: 52yr 3: 61yr 4:68yr 5: 72yr
What is...
5 : 72 yr
During the 1920 Summer Olympics, Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn won a silver medal in the double shot running deer contest. He was 72 years old.
The original copy of the rules for this sport recently sold for 4.3 million dollars and are the second most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold.
What sport are the rules from?
1 Hockey 2 Football 3 Basketball
4 Baseball 5 Soccer
What is...
3 Basketball
Basketball inventor James Naismith wrote the 13 rules of basketball in 1891 to entertain athletes at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, MA. His students needed an indoor game that would help them stay in shape during the harsh winters but couldn’t be too rough for fear of injuries affecting the spring seasons.